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2016-09-23 – 2016-09-24 · Dothan, AL · 📍 1701 E Cottonwood Rd

Grand Champion: SMOKE ME SILLY (697.1200) · 36 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 THE SPECIALISTS

🥇
697.1200 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
695.9884 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
693.6344 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 176.56
  • Pork Ribs 178.30
  • Pork 178.30
  • Brisket 180.00 🔥
131.92 180.00

Entries

36
4 judged meats

Top score

697.1200

Winning margin

1.1316
GC over RC

Field average

654.56
467.27697.12
median 666.75 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
SWAMP BOYS (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
1.7372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

681.6112
467.27697.12
10th place overall

Field spread

229.8512
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 6.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.8572 pts — SWAMP BOYS

How hot was the win?

Top 44%
beats 56% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.45 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1580
avg power rating going in · stronger than 64% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1895 pre-contest

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

A razor-thin finish

1.1316 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 82% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1316 points — closer than 82% of every championship in the data.

  • SMOKE ME SILLY
  • THE SPECIALISTS

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

Organizer Portal won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 9th
  • Pork Ribs 9th
  • Pork 6th
  • Brisket 3rd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: Alpha Q and SOUTH PORK tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: HICKORY PRIME and RED EYED SMOKERS tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ and BACKYARD BRO'S tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • SWAMP BOYS · Brisket

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2016-09-23 ← this one Dothan, AL 1701 E Cottonwood Rd 36 697.1200 SMOKE ME SILLY THE SPECIALISTS
2017-09-29 Dothan, AL 257 S St Andrews St 30 701.7144 THE PIT CREW GA SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5600173.1544170.8344
Pork Ribs178.2972176.5600171.4172
Pork178.2972176.0116172.0000
Brisket180.0000173.7028171.4056

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

36 entries · top 697.1200 · median 666.7484

#TeamScore
1 Organizer Portal 697.1200
2 THE SPECIALISTS 695.9884
3 SWAMP BOYS 693.6344
4 HOT WACHULA'S 692.5484
5 HAULIN' BUTT BBQ 690.7656
6 RED EYED SMOKERS 689.0856
7 KOKOMO Q 686.7656
8 BACKYARD BRO'S 686.1712
9 Alpha Q 685.6228
10 HICKORY PRIME 681.6112
11 Bite My Butt 680.4456
12 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 680.4340
13 E.T.'S BBQ 679.8972
14 PAPA'S SMOKE PIT 677.6800
15 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 675.8972
16 DOUBLE DUECE SMOKIN BBQ 670.6968
17 WINK'S BARBEQUE 669.0056
18 BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW 668.4456
19 Open Gate BBQ 665.0512
20 RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN 663.3372
21 JB'S BBQ 662.7084
22 GIVE IT TO GOD 659.3720
23 GENERAL LEE SMOKING 657.0172
24 COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE 655.8856
25 POVERTY HILL SMOKERS 655.8628
26 Bear's BBQ 651.3260
27 Deese Butts 649.6228
28 Club Red 646.1484
29 E Z Q 640.9712
30 Bar-B-Queties 640.4344
31 UNDER CONSTRUCTION BBQ 637.5772
32 Over the Top 629.4632
33 BACKYARD BISTRO 614.2056
34 HOWLIN JIM'S 547.8168
35 SOUTH PORK 518.2628
36 THE ORIGINAL 2 LIVE Q 467.2688

Chicken

36 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5256

#TeamScore
1 Alpha Q 176.5600
2 SOUTH PORK 176.5600
3 HICKORY PRIME 173.7028
4 RED EYED SMOKERS 173.7028
5 RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN 173.1544
6 Club Red 172.5600
7 KOKOMO Q 171.9772
8 BACKYARD BRO'S 171.4056
9 Organizer Portal 170.8572
10 SWAMP BOYS 170.8344
11 HAULIN' BUTT BBQ 170.8228
12 BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW 170.8228
13 WINK'S BARBEQUE 170.8112
14 Deese Butts 170.2628
15 THE SPECIALISTS 169.7028
16 JB'S BBQ 169.1200
17 DOUBLE DUECE SMOKIN BBQ 168.5372
18 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 168.5256
19 PAPA'S SMOKE PIT 168.5256
20 E.T.'S BBQ 167.9772
21 Bite My Butt 167.9772
22 COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE 165.6800
23 Bar-B-Queties 163.9772
24 Open Gate BBQ 163.3828
25 GIVE IT TO GOD 162.8344
26 UNDER CONSTRUCTION BBQ 162.2744
27 Bear's BBQ 162.2400
28 HOT WACHULA'S 161.6684
29 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 161.6456
30 THE ORIGINAL 2 LIVE Q 161.1088
31 Over the Top 160.5372
32 GENERAL LEE SMOKING 159.9544
33 BACKYARD BISTRO 158.8344
34 E Z Q 154.7656
35 POVERTY HILL SMOKERS 144.4916
36 HOWLIN JIM'S 131.9200

Pork Ribs

35 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2284

#TeamScore
1 SOUTH PORK 178.2972
2 HOT WACHULA'S 177.1544
3 THE SPECIALISTS 176.5828
4 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 176.5600
5 BACKYARD BRO'S 176.5600
6 Bite My Butt 175.4172
7 SWAMP BOYS 173.1316
8 GIVE IT TO GOD 173.1316
9 Organizer Portal 173.1200
10 HAULIN' BUTT BBQ 171.4172
11 BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW 170.8572
12 Alpha Q 170.2628
13 E Z Q 170.2628
14 PAPA'S SMOKE PIT 169.1772
15 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 169.1316
16 KOKOMO Q 168.5372
17 Open Gate BBQ 166.8228
18 DOUBLE DUECE SMOKIN BBQ 166.2284
19 WINK'S BARBEQUE 165.6916
20 UNDER CONSTRUCTION BBQ 165.6800
21 HICKORY PRIME 165.1200
22 RED EYED SMOKERS 165.1200
23 POVERTY HILL SMOKERS 164.5600
24 RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN 163.9656
25 E.T.'S BBQ 163.9428
26 JB'S BBQ 163.9428
27 GENERAL LEE SMOKING 163.4172
28 Deese Butts 161.6800
29 COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE 160.5716
30 Bar-B-Queties 160.5488
31 Club Red 158.8228
32 Over the Top 153.6344
33 Bear's BBQ 147.4060
34 BACKYARD BISTRO 146.2628
35 HOWLIN JIM'S 139.9428

Pork

35 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.0116

#TeamScore
1 THE SPECIALISTS 178.2972
2 HAULIN' BUTT BBQ 177.7028
3 HOT WACHULA'S 176.5828
4 RED EYED SMOKERS 176.5600
5 E.T.'S BBQ 176.0116
6 Organizer Portal 176.0000
7 POVERTY HILL SMOKERS 175.4056
8 Bear's BBQ 174.2856
9 HICKORY PRIME 173.1084
10 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 172.0000
11 KOKOMO Q 170.8456
12 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 170.8228
13 WINK'S BARBEQUE 170.2744
14 SWAMP BOYS 169.6684
15 JB'S BBQ 169.1084
16 Bar-B-Queties 168.5484
17 BACKYARD BRO'S 168.5256
18 PAPA'S SMOKE PIT 168.0116
19 GENERAL LEE SMOKING 167.9772
20 Bite My Butt 167.3828
21 COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE 166.8456
22 RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN 166.8228
23 BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW 166.2628
24 Alpha Q 166.2400
25 DOUBLE DUECE SMOKIN BBQ 164.5256
26 Open Gate BBQ 164.0344
27 Over the Top 162.8116
28 BACKYARD BISTRO 161.6912
29 Club Red 161.1428
30 Deese Butts 159.4056
31 E Z Q 159.3828
32 THE ORIGINAL 2 LIVE Q 158.2400
33 GIVE IT TO GOD 156.5488
34 UNDER CONSTRUCTION BBQ 154.8000
35 HOWLIN JIM'S 141.7256

Brisket

36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.1258 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SWAMP BOYS 180.0000 🔥
2 HOT WACHULA'S 177.1428
3 Organizer Portal 177.1428
4 KOKOMO Q 175.4056
5 RED EYED SMOKERS 173.7028
6 Alpha Q 172.5600
7 PAPA'S SMOKE PIT 171.9656
8 E.T.'S BBQ 171.9656
9 DOUBLE DUECE SMOKIN BBQ 171.4056
10 POVERTY HILL SMOKERS 171.4056
11 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 171.4056
12 THE SPECIALISTS 171.4056
13 HAULIN' BUTT BBQ 170.8228
14 Open Gate BBQ 170.8112
15 BACKYARD BRO'S 169.6800
16 HICKORY PRIME 169.6800
17 Bite My Butt 169.6684
18 Bear's BBQ 167.3944
19 GIVE IT TO GOD 166.8572
20 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 166.2400
21 GENERAL LEE SMOKING 165.6684
22 SOUTH PORK 163.4056
23 COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE 162.7884
24 WINK'S BARBEQUE 162.2284
25 JB'S BBQ 160.5372
26 BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW 160.5028
27 RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN 159.3944
28 Deese Butts 158.2744
29 E Z Q 156.5600
30 UNDER CONSTRUCTION BBQ 154.8228
31 Club Red 153.6228
32 Over the Top 152.4800
33 THE ORIGINAL 2 LIVE Q 147.9200
34 BACKYARD BISTRO 147.4172
35 Bar-B-Queties 147.3600
36 HOWLIN JIM'S 134.2284

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